Beyond alignment: Why robotic foundation models need context-aware safety.

Robey, Alexander; Ravichandran, Zachary; Jones, Eliot Krzysztof; Perlo, Jared; Barez, Fazl; Kumar, Vijay; Kolter, J Zico; Hassani, Hamed et al. · Sci Robot · 2026

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Abstract

Because AI-enabled robots can be tricked into taking unsafe actions, they require layered, context-aware safety guardrails.